Chelsea Transfers

[Vesper 31,108]

Just now, Vesper said:

£10m + £2.2m or so in add-ons is not bad (US dollar is strong v the pound (and most all else) or would have been even less)

he is one of the best young (very young, he only turned 18yo right at the end of last season) GKers on the planet

good athlete, very good height (1.93m with long arms) youngest homegrown MLS signing ever at 14 when he signed in 2019, started at 16yo

needs a new nickname though,

Gaga?

 eeeeek

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8 hours ago, Clockwork said:

I feel like we are very indecisive who we want to sell.

 

That was one of Marina's greatest weaknesses. She refused to take mild losses on the pure shit buys we did, plus turned down huge profits at times

now we either take utter shit prices or lose on frees for nothing

they sum total when the books are closed an he reign in terms of net losses is going to be insane, especially when wages are factored in

between shit buys, shit sales, refused sales, refused buys, botched buys (the Italians just ran the road with her over and over and over), botched sales, insanely poor contract management, way too high of salaries, etc etc, it could easily top £700m cumulative over the past 6, 7 years if we lose most all of the remaining dregs on frees

she did great on a few sales thanks to the utter stupidity of Atletico and then Hazard to Real, but that only tends to gloss over the wreckage, not just in lost monies, put also the pickles we kept getting ourselves into (including now)

hats off for the trophies we won, but the cost was so so unnecessarily high

Edited July 31, 2022 by Vesper

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5 hours ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

Just a rumor….

 

Dean Jones???

LOLOLOLOLOL

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hard to believe he is only 30yo 

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watching the replay of the CS, and a PERFECT example of why I do not like short CB's in the EPL

Ake smoked in the air for the first goal, if he was 6cms taller (so 1.86m) he would have easily blocked it

or (and this goes to his lack of quality) if he had the positioning of Thiago Silva, he might have as well, as he could have been on balance to leap more

[bigbluewillie 1,979]

France right-back Nordi Mukiele, 24, says he turned down a late approach from Chelsea before signing for Paris St-Germain. (L'Equipe, via Metro)

What can we do? players just don't want to come here.

And ffs stop blaming TT

[Clockwork 1,794]

1 hour ago, bigbluewillie said:

France right-back Nordi Mukiele, 24, says he turned down a late approach from Chelsea before signing for Paris St-Germain. (L'Equipe, via Metro)

What can we do? players just don't want to come here.

And ffs stop blaming TT

How about targeting him before he agreed personals terms and not on the eve of signing for PSG. We literally approached him when it was practically official he was heading to PSG.

Like I said no plan

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3 hours ago, Vesper said:

£10m + £2.2m or so in add-ons is not bad (US dollar is strong v the pound (and most all else) or would have been even less)

he is one of the best young (very young, he only turned 18yo right at the end of last season) GKers on the planet

good athlete, very good height (1.93m with long arms) youngest homegrown MLS signing ever at 14 when he signed in 2019, started at 16yo

At 18 years old and still early in the season has the most clean sheets in MLS with 10. He could be a huge signing at a great price.

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1 hour ago, bigbluewillie said:

France right-back Nordi Mukiele, 24, says he turned down a late approach from Chelsea before signing for Paris St-Germain. (L'Equipe, via Metro)

What can we do? players just don't want to come here.

And ffs stop blaming TT

we are simply losing out to bigger clubs (Real, Barca, Bayern), plus PSG is so hard to compete with for French players like Hugo Ekitiké, Kimpembe (born just north of Paris), who didn't want to leave Paris (and Algerian, Moroccan (Hakimi for example, even though born in Madrid), and Francophone sub Saharan African too)

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5 hours ago, Pizy said:

I’m assuming he’s going to be our #2 when he comes in January if we’ve been chasing him so hard and paying a decent fee for him. Would explain why we’re fine letting Kepa go on loan.

We might be fucked if Mendy gets an injury in the meantime, though.

There was talk of club exploring the backup GK market- Strakosha was mentioned before he joined Brentford. Will need a backup keeper for this season and can't have Bettinelli as GK 2.

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Chelsea 'PULLED OUT' OF JULES KOUNDE DEAL DUE TO 'DOUBTS' BEFORE BARCELONA MOVE, SEVILLA'S MONCHI REVEALS

Barcelona announced that they had reached an agreement to sign Kounde on Thursday in an apparent blow for Chelsea, who had been heavily linked with the French defender. However Monchi, director of football at Sevilla, has now suggested that Thomas Tuchel's side backed out of a deal, opening the opportunity for Barcelona to make a better offer.

https://www.eurosport.com/football/transfers/2022-2023/Chelsea-pulled-out-of-jules-kounde-deal-due-to-doubts-before-barcelona-move-sevilla-s-monchi-reveals_sto9066830/story.shtml

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Well I am happy that the club didnt go ahead with the Kounde deal if they had doubts. Yes we made a mistake of wasting our time chasing him but at least we realized our mistake and fixed it instead of making another mistake in signing him.

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16 hours ago, Blues Forever said:

 

Should be all over this since we are considering selling Alonso, Werner, Ziyech. Left-footed. Has a bit of bulldog about him. Plays LWB, LF, even as striker.

[lucio 5,418]

He’d probably end up first choice lwb . No way we make sensible move like that. Too badly run

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Fabrizio Romano's Daily Briefing

The Daily Briefing: Sunday 31st July - Cristiano Ronaldo, Marc Cucurella, Mikel Arteta on transfers, and more

My exclusive round-up of the latest transfer news, featuring Cristiano Ronaldo's future, Manchester City's pursuit of Marc Cucurella, and Mikel Arteta on potential new transfers.

https://caughtoffside.substack.com/p/the-daily-briefing-sunday-31st-july

Chelsea

Chelsea will allow Timo Werner to leave on loan this summer, with an option to buy included. Juventus and RB Leipzig are both showing an interest, but as it stands, nothing is close to completion.

Newcastle are yet to make an approach to sign Werner.

"We've never offered de Jong to Chelsea. No, no, no. We had a nice dinner with Boehly in Barcelona and we talked about football,” said Joan Laporta, the Barcelona president.

Talks are progressing well between Napoli and Kepa Arrizabalaga over a potential loan move this summer. Napoli plan to bring in Kepa to replace David Ospina, who recently joined Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr.

🚨Exclusive: Will Chelsea be in the market for a striker this summer?

🚨Exclusive: A central defender is a priority for Chelsea, but who is on their list? Click to find out.

Edited July 31, 2022 by Vesper

[lucio 5,418]

Napoli need a new goalkeeper ? Well they can pay for one then. Charity FC again.

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Fabrizio Romano says Chelsea have made transfer proposal for 'untouchable' 20-year-old

RB Leipzig centre-back Josko Gvardiol is currently Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel’s “number one” defensive target, according to Fabrizio Romano.

Despite the obvious need for new defenders following the departures of Antonio Rudiger and Andreas Christensen this summer, Kalidou Koulibaly remains Chelsea’s only defensive signing so far.

Bear in mind that earlier this month, Tuchel admitted that he needs at least one more defender.

The Blues were in the race for Jules Kounde, who eventually joined Barcelona after “doubts” from the English club’s camp, according to Sevilla sporting director Monchi.

Romano claims that Chelsea are working on two other centre-back targets; Leicester City’s Fofana and Leipzig’s Gvardiol with the latter reportedly higher on the list.

https://www.thechelseachronicle.com/transfer-news/fabrizio-romano-says-Chelsea-have-made-transfer-proposal-for-untouchable-20-year-old/

“Gvardiol is one of the top names on [Chelsea’s] list — Thomas Tuchel is in love with this player,” the Italian transfer expert said on his YouTube channel.

“Let me say that he’s option number one in the list, but as of today, the situation on Leipzig’s side is still the same — they have no intention at all to sell Gvardiol this summer.

“So, it is going to be more than complicated.

“For Fofana, it’s difficult, but you can negotiate. For Gvardiol, it’s not even the case. He’s considered untouchable by Leipzig, so Chelsea would need a miracle to sign Gvardiol.”

Romano added that Chelsea have already tried to propose a potential swap deal for Gvardiol, offering Timo Werner’s service on loan as a part of the deal.

While Leipzig are reportedly keen on Werner, they remain reluctant to let go of Gvardiol.

“At the moment, it’s more than difficult because Leipzig don’t want to sell the player,” Romano explained.

“But Chelsea tried, and let’s see if something can happen.”

Arguably one of the best young centre-backs in Europe, it is easy to see why Tuchel is reportedly a big fan of Gvardiol.

Aside from his obvious defensive abilities, the 20-year-old is also renowned for his ball-playing skills.

As Romano pointed out, however, his being under contract at Leipzig until 2026 means that Chelsea are facing an uphill battle to convince the Bundesliga club to let go one of their key players.

[Pizy 19,280]

Just pay the damn asking price for either Gvardiol or Fofana. Both are so young and so ridiculously talented that the price will look like a steal in 5 years time. They’re world class talents who can take our defense to the next level.

In a world where that useless refrigerator Harry Maguire went for £80m a few years ago, Gvardiol and Fofana who are just 20/21 years old and the perfect modern, ball playing CB’s for around the same price is justifiable. 

If there was money available to pay £60m on Raphinha and we don’t appear to be signing an alternative, use that money on one of these future world class CB’s.

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1 hour ago, Pizy said:

Just pay the damn asking price for either Gvardiol or Fofana. Both are so young and so ridiculously talented that the price will look like a steal in 5 years time. They’re world class talents who can take our defense to the next level.

In a world where that useless refrigerator Harry Maguire went for £80m a few years ago, Gvardiol and Fofana who are just 20/21 years old and the perfect modern, ball playing CB’s for around the same price is justifiable. 

If there was money available to pay £60m on Raphinha and we don’t appear to be signing an alternative, use that money on one of these future world class CB’s.

Exactly. Just pay the asking price e for Gvardiol and throw Werner in. Fuck it. Stop fucking around and get it done this week.